Obituaries

Rolland Jay "Pat" Patrick

Rolland Jay "Pat" Patrick

Aug 16, 2022

Rolland Jay “Pat” Patrick, 97, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born December 14, 1924, to Oscar Loyd and Fleda (Wooster) Patrick in Oilton, Oklahoma. Pat received his high school education at Saint Jo (Texas) High School. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1941. He fought in the Pacific...

Michael Shannon Atkinson

Michael Shannon Atkinson

Aug 8, 2022

Michael Shannon Atkinson, 61, passed away unexpectedly last weekend. He was born at Epworth Hospital in Liberal, KS on December 19, 1960, the son of William R. "Bill" Atkinson and Meredith Lynn (Burton) Atkinson. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1979 and from the University of Kansas in 1984 with degrees in Environmental Design and Architecture. After graduating from...

Lana Rae Caldwell

Lana Rae Caldwell

Aug 1, 2022

Lana Rae Caldwell, age 56, of Andover, Kansas passed away unexpectedly on August 1, 2022 Lana is survived by her Mother, Dianna Caldwell of Andover, Kansas. Brother and Sisters; Curt Caldwell and wife Linda White, Susie Roberge and Husband JP Roberge, and Shelly Dennis and fiancé David Martine. Niece and nephews; Avery Roberge, Clayton Dennis, and Preston Roberge. She was...

Marilyn Jo Franz

Marilyn Jo Franz

Jul 27, 2022

Marilyn Jo Franz, 69, passed away peacefully with family by her side after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 2:00pm at Dighton Marler Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater, Ok. Interment will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Liberal...

Kenneth E. Johnson

Kenneth E. Johnson

Jul 25, 2022

Kenneth E. Johnson, age 91, died Monday, July 25, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on July 13, 1931, the son of Joseph Johnson and Elsie Arnett in Beaver, Oklahoma. Kenneth graduated from Liberal High School and went on to finish two years at Tennessee Tech. He married Ledora Ann Grider on January 6, 1952,...

Tony Ray Whisenant

Tony Ray Whisenant

Jul 25, 2022

Tony Ray Whisenant, age 59, died Monday, July 25, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born at Epworth Hospital in Liberal, Kansas on January 17, 1963. He was the son of Nancy Watson of Perry, Georgia and the late Joe Whisenant of Liberal, Kansas. Tony was unique. He unapologetically marched to the beat of his own...

Ronnie Eugene Brant

Ronnie Eugene Brant

Jul 21, 2022

Ronnie Eugene Brant, Sr., 83, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born August 7, 1938, on a farm in Yuma County, Colorado, the son of Albert L. and Velma (Prather) Brant, Sr. He attended elementary school in Denver, Colorado. While in Denver, he acquired rheumatic fever. It was finally cured,...

Gary Lynn Teel

Gary Lynn Teel

Jul 21, 2022

Gary Lynn Teel, age 71, died Thursday, July 21, 2022, at his home in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 31, 1951, the son of James I. Teel and Vera E. (Hayes) Teel in Hugoton, Kansas. Gary graduated from Hugoton High School in 1970 and went on to study diesel mechanics at Liberal Vo Tech. He married Marcia Freeman...

Donald C. Warren

Donald C. Warren

Jul 20, 2022

Donald C. Warren, age 86, died July 20, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on November 29, 1935, the son of Guy William Warren, Sr., and Marjorie Flo Edwards in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Donald completed 15 years of education including 3 years at K State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He served 2 years for...

Dannie Keith Clodfelter

Dannie Keith Clodfelter

Jul 15, 2022

Dannie Keith Clodfelter, 86, left on a fishing trip with the world’s greatest Fisherman on July 15, 2022, from his home in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born March 11, 1936, to Cline and Dollie Clodfelter. He was united in marriage 66 years ago to his high school sweetheart, Rozelle Kay Headrick, at Kismet, Kansas. Dannie enjoyed a long and distinguished...

Cheryl Esther Bickerstaff

Cheryl Esther Bickerstaff

Jul 10, 2022

Cheryl Esther Bickerstaff, age 63, went home on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on October 3, 1958, to Kenneth and Loretta (Cashero) Sallee in Liberal, Kansas. Cheryl graduated Beaver High School in 1976 from Beaver, Oklahoma. She married Clifton Brian Bickerstaff on January 6, 1979. Clifton preceded her in death. Survived by Her son, James...

Leonila "Nellie" Lopez

Leonila "Nellie" Lopez

Jul 1, 2022

Leonila B. “Nellie” Lopez, 86, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 1, 2022 at Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 12, 1936 in Malakoff, Texas to Leandro and Lydia (Barrientos) Bravo. She attended the Technical High School of Ft. Worth, Texas, where she graduated. On April 12, 1959, she married Juan...

Joan Freeman

Joan Freeman

Jun 26, 2022

Joan Freeman, age 90, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Brookdale Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1932, in Nash, Oklahoma to Daniel and Eva (Zimmerman) Yoder. In Kiowa County, Oklahoma she married the love of her life Albert Freeman on April 7, 1951. Together she and Albert had three children. Joan and Albert raised...

Clifford Leon Onions

Clifford Leon Onions

Jun 26, 2022

Leon Onions, 93, died Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born Clifford Leon on August 13, 1928 to John W (Bill) Onions and Freda (Eldridge) Onions in Liberal, Kansas. He married Frances Louise Long on April 1, 1977 in Washington, Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death in 2001. He graduated from Liberal...

Arminda Ortega Aranda

Arminda Ortega Aranda

May 28, 2022

Arminda Ortega Aranda, age 72, died Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on September 22, 1949, to Raymond Ortega and Paula Hernandez in Alpine, Texas. On March 13, 1970, Arminda married Gilberto R. Aranda in Ulysses, Kansas. He preceded her on June 22, 2014. She worked as a custodian for the Grant County Library and...

Maria Arredondo

Maria Arredondo

May 22, 2022

Maria Arredondo, age 76, died Sunday, May 22, 2022, at her home in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on August 1, 1945, the daughter of Florentino Saenz Michel and Paula Nuńez Barraza in Durango, Mexico. Maria married Joaquin Arredondo on April 4, 1964, in Durango, Mexico. Together they raised three sons, Jesus, Joaquin and Jaime. She loved to spend most...

Vivian E. Armstrong

Vivian E. Armstrong

May 20, 2022

Vivian E. Armstrong was born on a small farm near Solomon, Kan., in 1928. She was the youngest of three children born to Charles and Nina Herman. Vivian was very close to her older sister Frances and oldest brother Earl. As adults whenever Vivian would get back together with big sister Frances, it caused an erupting of positive emotions —...

Anna Marie Howell

Anna Marie Howell

May 8, 2022

Anna Marie Howell, age 79, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. She was born on July 13, 1942, to Milton “Mutt” Allen and Anna May (Marsh) Allen in Great Bend, Kansas. Anna graduated high school from Meade, Kansas before she married James “Dickie” Howell in 1959. She was a housewife and mother to her...

Guerrero G. Michel

Guerrero G. Michel

May 4, 2022

Guerrero G. Michel, age72, died Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on June 1, 1949, the son of Jorge Michel and Celia Guillen in Durango, Mexico. Guerrero married Maria V. Soto on February 20, 1977, in Durango, Mexico. Together they raised two sons, Jesus and Guerrero Jr. and two daughters, Victoria and...

John L. Haynes

John L. Haynes

May 2, 2022

John L. Haynes, age 82, died Monday, May 2, 2022, at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. He was born on January 14, 1940, the son of Alvin Harvey Haynes and Edna Marie Haynes (Bates) in Nowata County Oklahoma. John graduated high school from Nowatta, Oklahoma. He raised one son, Rebb Haynes and one daughter, Sharmyn Calhoun. He married...

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